Kontakia for:
Various times: Supplicatory Canon.
Sep: Nativity of Theotokos. Holy Cross.
Nov: Presentation of Theotokos.
Dec: Conception of St Anne. Advent. Nativity of Christ.
Jan: Theophany.
Feb: Presentation of Christ.
Pre-Lent: Meatfare Sunday. Cheesefare Sunday.
Lenten Triodion: Akathist Hymn. Palm Sunday.
Pentecostarion: Resurrection of Christ. Ascension of Christ. Pentecost.
Aug: Prep.Transfiguration. Transfiguration of Christ. Dormition of the Theotokos.
Kontakion of the Nativity of the Theotokos. Tone 4 Idiomelon. Nasser p291: By thy holy birthgiving, O pure one, Joachim and Anne were delivered from the reproach of barrenness; / and Adam and Eve were delivered from the corruption of death; / thy people do celebrate it, having been saved from the stain of iniquity, / crying unto thee, / The barren doth give birth to the Theotokos, / who nourisheth our life.
Kontakion of the Holy Cross. Tone 4 Original Melody. Nasser p25: Do thou, who of thine own good will wast elevated / upon the Cross, bestow thy bounties upon the new people / which is called by thy Name, O Christ our God; / make glad with thy might our believing kings, / granting them victory over their adversaries. / May thine aid be a panoply of peace, a trophy invincible.
Kontakion of the Supplicatory Canon. Tone 2 Idiomelon. Nasser p48: O Undisputed Intercessor of Christians, the unrejected mediatrix with the Creator, / turn not away from the voice of our petitions who are sinners. / Come while there is time to us who cry to thee in faith, with assistance; for thou art good. / Hasten to us with intercession, O Theotokos, / who dost ever intercede for those who honour thee.
Kontakion of the Presentation of the Theotokos. Tone 4 'Do thou who of'. Nasser p349: The all-pure temple of the Saviour, / the most precious bridal-chamber and Virgin, / the treasure-house of the glory of God, / today entered the temple of the Lord, / bringing with her the grace which is in the divine Spirit: / whom also the angels of God do celebrate in song; / for she is the heavenly tabernacle.
Kontakion of the Conception of St Anne. Tone 4 'Today Thou hast'. Nasser p361: Today the universe celebrateth the conception of Anne / which is from God; for she hath / given birth to her who gave birth / to the Word, in an ineffable manner.
Kontakion in preparation for the Nativity of Christ. Tone 3 'Today the Virgin'. Nasser p365: Today the Virgin cometh to the cave to give birth / in an ineffable manner to the Word before the ages. / Rejoice, therefore, O universe, when thou hearest, / and glorify with the angels and shepherds him / who shall appear by his own will / as a new babe, being God before the ages.
Kontakion of the Nativity of our Lord. Tone 3 Original Melody. Nasser p410: Today the Virgin giveth birth to the Transcendent in essence; / the earth offereth the cave to the unapproachable One; / the angels with the shepherds glorify him; / and the Magi with the star travel on their way; / for a new child hath been born / for our sakes, God before the ages.
Kontakion of the Theophany of our Lord. Tone 4 Original Melody. Nasser p479: Today Thou hast appeared to the universe, O Lord, / and thy light hath been shed upon us, / who praise thee with knowledge, saying, / Thou hast come and appeared, O unapproachable Light.
Kontakion of the Presentation of our Lord. Tone 1. Nasser p508: Thou, O Christ God, who by thy Birth, didst sanctify the Virgin's womb, and, as is meet, didst bless Simeon's arms, and didst also come to save us; preserve thy fold in wars, and confirm them whom thou didst love; for thou alone art the Lover of mankind.
Kontakion of Meatfare Sunday. Tone 1. Nasser p632: When Thou comest, O God, to earth with glory, and all creatures tremble before thee, and the river of fire floweth before the Altar, and the books are opened and sins revealed, deliver me then from that unquenchable fire, and make me worthy to stand at thy right hand, O righteous Judge.
Kontakion of Cheesefare Sunday. Tone 6. Nasser p640: O Thou who guidest to wisdom, and givest understanding and intelligence, the Instructor of the ignorant, and Helper of the poor, strengthen my heart and grant it understanding, O Master. Give me word, O Word of the Father; for behold, I shall not refrain my lips from crying to thee, O merciful One, have mercy upon me who am fallen.
Kontakion of the Akathist Hymn. Tone 8. Nasser p524: Verily, I, thy city, O Theotokos, / inscribe to thee the banners of conquest, O defending soldier, / and offer thee thanks as a deliverer from tribulations. / And since thine is the unconquerable might, / deliver me from sundry oppressions, / that I may cry unto thee, Rejoice, O groomless Bride.
Kontakion of Palm Sunday. Tone 6. Nasser p743: Upborne upon the heavenly throne, and seated upon the earthly foal, O Christ our God, receive the praises of angels and the hymns of men, exclaiming before thee, Blessed is he that cometh to restore Adam.
Kontakion of the Resurrection of our Lord. Tone 8. Nasser p924: Though thou, O deathless One, didst descend into the grave, thou didst destroy the power of hell and, as Victor, thou didst rise again, O Christ our God. Thou didst greet the ointment-bearing women, saying, Rejoice! Thou didst bestow peace upon thy Disciples, and resurrection upon those that are fallen.
Kontakion of the Ascension of our Lord. Tone 6. Nasser p986: When thou didst fulfill thy dispensation for our sakes, untiing the terrestrials with the celestials, thou didst ascend in glory, O Christ our God, inseparable in space, but constant without separation, and crying unto thy beloved, I am with you, and no one shall be against you.
Kontakion of Pentecost. Tone 8 . Nasser 1005: When the high one descended, confusing tongues, he divided the nations. And when he distributed the fiery tongues he called all to one unity. Wherefore, in unison we glorify the Holy Spirit.
Kontakion in Preparation for the Transfiguration. Tone 4 'Today Thou hast'. Nasser p569: Today doth the whole of human nature / glitter in the divine Transfiguration, / in a divine manner, shouting with joy, / Christ is transfigured, Saviour of all.
Kontakion of the Transfiguration of our Lord. Grave Tone. Nasser p581: Thou wast transfigured on the mount, and thy Disciples, in so far as they were able, beheld thy glory, O Christ our God: so that, when they should see thee crucified, they would remember that thy suffering was voluntary, and could declare to all the world that thou art truly the effulgent Splendour of the Father.
Kontakion of the Dormition of the Theotokos . Tone 2 . Nasser p593: Verily, the Theotokos, who is ever watchful in intercessions, who is never rejected, neither tomb nor death could control. But being the Mother of Life, he who dwelt in her ever-virgin womb did translate her to life.
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